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Subject: Re: [AE] OT: WebM and Theora plug-ins for Premiere
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:49:51 -0600
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and do I get to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for this ?

for the time and effort to make it work ?=20

really because in delivering web sites we have to mess with this multi - =
browser / OS / platform mess still. This is a big help in automating =
deliverables.

S

On Dec 16, 2013, at 9:53 PM, Brendan Bolles <brendan@fnordware.com> =
wrote:

> On Dec 16, 2013, at 7:40 PM, scott.aelist wrote:
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>> Well that's pretty cool. I haven't investigated these formats much. =
Do you find they have advantages over h264 (other than being open =
source?) Do you get better quality or smaller file-sizes?
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> VP8 in WebM is roughly equivalent to H.264, and VP9 should be roughly =
equivalent to the forthcoming H.265.  Theora, based on VP3, is pretty =
old technology and not nearly as good, but some people still need it.
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> I think H.264 does generally have a slight edge over VP8, especially =
when using the excellent x264 encoder.  Not sure about Adobe's encoder.  =
=46rom what I've read, having a high-quality encoder can make as much =
difference as having a high-quality format.  Google should probably hire =
the x264 people and put them to work on their VP9 encoder.
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> One big advantage for me is that WebM is not QuickTime.  So there is =
no chance of someone opening a WebM file in QuickTime and getting some =
sort of weird gamma issue.
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> I haven't done thorough real-world comparisons though.  That's what =
you guys are for.  ;)
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> Brendan
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